Improvement in horseshoes



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT S. WILKINSON, OF PAWTUOKET, RHOD ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSESHOES.

Specification forming'part of Letters Patent No. 56,310, dated July 10,1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT S. WILKINsoN,

of Pawtucket, Providence county, State of Rhode Island, have invented anew and Improved Bolling Toe-Calk for Horseshoes, 8vo. 5' and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeandnse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a verticalcentral section of a shoe having my improved rolling toe-calk, taken inthe line a: m, Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same. Fig. 3is a central vertical section taken in the line y y, Fig. 4, and shows amodiication of Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the saidmodification.

Similar letters of reference in the different iigures indicatecorresponding parts.

A horse always Works more comfortably and freely with old shoes on whentheir toes have Vbeen well rounded on the front edge by wear;

and the object of this invention is to so modify the construction -ofshoes as to secure the desirable advantages of this feature, and at thesame time retain all of the biting qualities of a new shoe. This Iaccomplish by taking the toe-calli from the front edge of the shoe,where it has been placed heretofore, and placing it at the rear edge ofthe ybar of the shoe, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Having thus described the nature of my invention, I will proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

A, Fig. l, is the bar of the shoe, and a a are the ordinary heel-calks.

The toe-calli b, instead of being placed at the front edge, as usual, isdropped back to the rear edge of the bar A, as shown in Fig. l, and thispractically gives the round toe.

The calk b may be formed on the shoe and be a part of the same; but Iprefer to form the calk separately and rivet it to the shoe, as shown,by rivets c c, so that the calk may be readily renewed when worn, andthe whole shoe not necessarily condemned.

The calli-plate B is turned up over the front edge of the shoe A andforms a slight toe-clip, b. This not only gives the toe-clip, but givesthe calk, a hold of the front edge of the shoe and helps to secure itfirmlyl in place.

In Fig. 3 the calli-plate B is made to take hold of the rear edge of theshoe, also, as shown, by the lip or upward projection b2, Fig. 3, andwhen made in this manner the rivets are relieved of much strain.

b3, Fig. 3, shows a secondary calk, located higher up and forward of themain calk b, and the said secondary calk is brought into action by therolling motion of the foot.

By this mode of construction I produce a shoe which is simple,comfortable, and efficient, and which is more correct in principle thanheretofore.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the two callis b and b3 with the plate B, whenconnected with and attached to the shoe in the manner described.

2. Locating the toe-call; at the inner edge of the shoe, whenconstructed and applied in the manner described.

ALBERT S. WILKINSON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM W. REND, W. W. BLODGE'IT.

